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Philadelphiafootballformer Senator Chuck Hagelgamblinggender equalitygun controlhealth carehealth insuranceheart diseasehi techhigher educationhomelesshomelessnessinfrastructureinnocence projectsinvestment bankingleukemianuclearoregonpoliticoracismraising taxesreal estatereal estate Amerimar Realtyreligiousrendell Philadelphia Inquirerrobot snakesettlementssex offendersexual harassmentslutwalk philadelphiaspyingsurveillancetax cutstelevisionterror attacktorture. waterboardingviolence against womenwar crimeswhistleblowerwomenwomen's liberationNaked Philadelphianhttp://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)Blogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-9127861102162938720Fri, 28 Nov 2014 17:33:00 +00002014-11-28T09:36:00.533-08:00Christina Lurieconcussionsdomestic violenceJeff LurieNFLPhiladelphia EaglesRay RiceRoger GoodellEagles Christina Lurie: I Would Let My Son Play Football<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/FenpOfg-PUw?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Christina Weiss Lurie, minority owner of the Philadelphia Eagles football team, insisted she would let her son with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie play football despite the growing body of </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/sports/football/actuarial-reports-in-nfl-concussion-deal-are-released.html?_r=0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;">evidence</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> that concussions on the field cause permanent brain damage. Her one stipulation is that "the appropriate medical personnel were on the sidelines of the field during the game."</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lurie, on the sidelines of Philadelphia Magazine's <a href="http://www.phillymag.com/thinkfest/"><span style="color: blue;">Thinkfest</span></a>, argued football is not dangerous at the NFL level although the league recently agreed to pay a record <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/lawyers-judge-approves-nfl-concussion-settlement"><span style="color: blue;">$870 million</span></a> settlement to former NFL players. "By the time the players get to the NFL, they have suffered 10 or so concussions," said Lurie. "We need to worry about the 10 year olds that get hurt during a game. Their brains are not fully formed."&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">She also pointed out that other sports are equally as dangerous. "Many of my friends' daughters ride. They fall off the horse and get right back up on the horse without being checked medically first."&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lurie reflected onstage on her improbable journey from growing up in England to one of the few female owners in the NFL. Her remarks seemed to indicate she harbors no animosity against her former husband after their divorce. Unfortunately, the interviewer, Philly.com's Diana Lind, was out of her depth and&nbsp;</span>unconscious<span style="font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;of the recent controversies swirling around the NFL.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Having grown up in London, I loved soccer. I knew nothing about the NFL." recalled Lurie. "Being a female executive in the NFL has been an amazing journey. It's been invigorating. It's been eye opening... I was lucky to have Jeffrey Lurie as my partner when we first started. He had the same goals as I did, which was to make sure that we had a workplace environment where it did not matter whether you were a man or woman ....We actually have many female execs at the Eagles. I am really proud of that."</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lurie seemed oblivious of her inherent responsibilities as one of the few women with a seat at the NFL owners' table. She acknowledged, in a brief interview after the prepared program, she had written and talked to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in the aftermath of the domestic violence incident involving former Baltimore Ravens player<a href="http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_ekaflcqq"> <span style="color: blue;">Ray Rice</span></a> yet demurred on taking a leadership role in addressing domestic violence in the league.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The women that the NFL has consulted with and named to the committee are experts on domestic violence like prosecutors," said Lurie. "I am busy with the Eagles."</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lurie, who is a two time Oscar winner, has two new documentaries coming out shortly. "Dishonesty," will air on CNBC in March, and "We are the Giant," which is set in the Middle East, is expected in theaters in December. &nbsp;She has recently broadened her film slate to include horror and action films. Her next project will be a biopic of a strong woman, the champagne widow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veuve_Clicquot"><span style="color: blue;">Veuve Clicquot.</span></a> It will star A lister Rachel Weisz.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn't grow up thinking about the glass ceiling," said Lurie when discussing her success in male dominated Hollywood. "Maybe it was willful ignorance, but never thought about it. In film, you want to choose the best story possible. It doesn't matter whether you are a female or male producer. It's the story that counts and how you make the film."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her advice to women: "The female aspect never came to me. I just ignored it and went on doing what I felt I was good at. I think that is an important thing for women. Find your passion. Don't think of the limitations. Follow your dreams. The limitations will go by the wayside."</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">"</span>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2014/11/eagles-christina-lurie-i-would-let-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-6917176977878737282Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:47:00 +00002014-07-30T10:04:47.560-07:00ChabadGazaHamasIDF IsraelJewishPalestinePalestiniansreligiousTefillinFrom an IDF Soldier on the Border<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKeb20p0C2A/U9kftfRdqHI/AAAAAAAAJ5M/8Cc1UDo0N-4/s1600/idf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AKeb20p0C2A/U9kftfRdqHI/AAAAAAAAJ5M/8Cc1UDo0N-4/s1600/idf.jpg" height="179" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8246445617158835184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;">An IDF soldier on the border with Gaza sent me this update. (Translated from the Hebrew)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;">What's happening here in the staging area [area where soldiers prepare&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;">to enter Gaza] is beyond comprehension, not rationally, not emotionally&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;">and begs the imagination.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;">Almost every hour, a car shows up overflowing with food, snacks, cold&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;">drinks, socks, underwear, undershirts, hygiene supplies, wipes,&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 20px;">cigarettes, backgammon and more. T</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 20px;">hey're coming from the North and the&nbsp;Center, from manufacturers, from companies and private businesses, from&nbsp;prisons, Chareidim and Settlers, from Tel Aviv and even Savyon.<br /><br />Every intersection on they way down here we get stopped, not by the&nbsp;police, but by residents giving out food. What is amazing is that the&nbsp;entire situation isn't organized and everyone is coming on their own&nbsp;without coordination between the folks coming.<br /><br />They're writing letters and blessings, how they're thinking of us all&nbsp;the time. There are those who spent hours making sandwiches, so they're&nbsp;as perfect and comforting as possible.<br /><br />Of course representatives of Chabad are here to help soldiers put on&nbsp;Tefillin and distributing Cha'Ta'Ts (Chumash, Tehillim, Tanya) for every&nbsp;troop transport and Breslov are showing up to the border and dancing<br />with the soldiers with great joy.<br /><br />The Chareidim are coming from their yeshivot to ask the names of the&nbsp;soldiers with their mothers' names so that the whole yeshiva can pray&nbsp;for them. It should be mentioned that all of this is done under the&nbsp;threat of the terrorist tunnels and rockets in the area.</span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soroka Hospital (in Be'er Sheva) today looks like a 5 star hotel. A&nbsp;wounded friend who was recently discharged told us how the MasterChef&nbsp;truck is parked outside and is preparing food for the wounded.<br /><br />It goes without saying the amount of prayer services that are going on.&nbsp;On the religious front as well, there are lectures and Torah classes,&nbsp;all the food is obviously Kosher. Shachrit, Mincha, and Maariv with&nbsp;Sifrei Torah.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're giving out tzitzit and Tehilim by the hundreds.&nbsp;It's become the new fashion! The Rabbi of Maglan [Special Forces unit]&nbsp;told me that almost the entire unit has started wearing them, because&nbsp;the Army Rabbinate has been giving out tzitzit that wick away sweat.&nbsp;They're gaining both a Mitzva and a high quality undershirt. We've&nbsp;started calling them "Shachpatzitzit" (שכפ"ציצית - a portmanteau of the&nbsp;Hebrew term for body armor and tzitzit). We're having deep conversations&nbsp;late into the night without arguments, without fights and we find&nbsp;ourselves agreeing on most stuff.<br /><br />We're making lots of jokes at Hamas's expense and without politics.&nbsp;There's lots more to add but my battery is running low and the staff has&nbsp;been requesting someone give a class on Likutei MoharaN (Breslov).<br /><br />How happy is the nation that is like this. - אשרי העם שככה לו</span></span>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2014/07/from-idf-soldier-on-border.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-7907694517053666517Tue, 03 Jun 2014 22:33:00 +00002014-06-03T16:08:41.240-07:00Audacity of HopeDemocratic PartyFree LibraryHard ChoicesHillary ClintonPresident Barack ObamaSecretary of StateHillary's Royal Book Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VTaYt5VUe9U/U45JwrJvp7I/AAAAAAAAH14/SxneYDN0WvU/s1600/Hillary_Clinton_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait_crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VTaYt5VUe9U/U45JwrJvp7I/AAAAAAAAH14/SxneYDN0WvU/s1600/Hillary_Clinton_official_Secretary_of_State_portrait_crop.jpg" height="320" width="256" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Hillary Clinton’s upcoming book tour for <span style="color: blue;">“</span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Choices-Hillary-Rodham-Clinton/dp/1476751447"><span style="color: blue;">Hard Choices,”</span> </a>which is a memoir of her years as Secretary of State during the first Obama administration, resembles more of a royal expedition than a politician stumping for votes. It is quite the contrast from then Senator Obama’s book tour for<span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/books/17kaku.html?_r=0"><span style="color: blue;">"Audacity of Hope"&nbsp;</span></a>that&nbsp;he effectively utilized to win the Democratic nomination for president in 2008.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Clinton, who has been practically anointed the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016, has deigned to stop in Philadelphia on June 13, 2014 at the main branch of the Free Library in Philadelphia. She will only sign books although visiting authors typically talk, read from their book, or are interviewed while hawking books.<br /><br />Those who want to have the possible future president sign their book must purchase a $35 ticket, which includes the price of the book. The tickets, which are one ticket/book per person, go on sale Wednesday, June 4, 2014 on a first come, first served basis. Ticket holders must then come to the Library ahead of time to pick up their books and wristbands. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xiDlIKMl8qo/U45L5-HjAWI/AAAAAAAAH2E/daWCJArtO-A/s1600/download+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xiDlIKMl8qo/U45L5-HjAWI/AAAAAAAAH2E/daWCJArtO-A/s1600/download+(1).jpg" height="320" width="210" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Perhaps, the most stringent Hillary imposed rule is –There shall be no selfies with Hillary! On the day of signing, no one will be allowed to stand in line with any personal items, including bags, cameras, and phones. All items must be checked. Hillary has already states she will not be signing any campaign memorabilia or previous books. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">A book tour is not a campaign. But the stringent rules for Clinton's book signing cause one to wonder if her aura of inevitability will defeat her in 2016 like it did in 2008. Will her fans who leave the book tour disappointed decide not to show up on election day? Clinton should have approached this book tour as if she missed her voters and wants to reconnect. <o:p></o:p><br /><br />Go<a href="http://libraryphila.tix.com/Event.aspx?EventCode=667250"> <span style="color: blue;">here</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> t</span>o buy tickets for the book signing at the Free Library of Philadelphia.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2014/06/hillarys-royal-book-tour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-444385529368524549Tue, 13 May 2014 20:43:00 +00002014-05-13T13:43:17.071-07:00Anderson CooperbasketballCNNDonald SterlingLA ClippersMagic JohnsonNBAracismMagic's Business Partner Refutes Donald Sterling Comments<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2eEvJJgt4SM/U3J_5p94bHI/AAAAAAAAHg0/yVsI2ZvItuk/s1600/mediaManager.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2eEvJJgt4SM/U3J_5p94bHI/AAAAAAAAHg0/yVsI2ZvItuk/s1600/mediaManager.jpg" height="320" width="230" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turner Impact CEO Bobby Turner with his partner Magic Johnson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bobby Turner, who was Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s business partner from 2000-2013, refutes embattled LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s insulting comments about Magic during his explosive interview with CNN’s <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/05/12/donald-sterling-magic-johnson-has-got-aids-should-be-ashamed-of-himself/"><span style="color: blue;">Anderson Cooper</span></a>. Sterling questioned why Magic was revered as a legend and what he he had done for the black community.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turner, who is now CEO of <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.turnerimpact.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Turner Impact Capital</span></a>,</span> and Magic Johnson partnered to raise and invest $2 billion of equity in the<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.cjuf.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Canyon Johnson Urban Funds</span></a>.</span> </span>The purpose of the funds, which are estimated to have facilitated $6 billion in revitalization, is to revitalize densely populated ethnically diverse communities in urban America by building affordable work force housing and providing much needed services and amenities for these traditionally under-served communities. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Magic’s impact far exceeds the investment dollars of our funds. He played a pivotal role in educating institutional investors on the merits of investing in urban markets, “said Turner. “He put his reputation, time, energy, and capital on the line for this venture.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turner created a large part of their success to Johnson’s fundamental understanding of what the urban consumer wanted and his passion <span style="font-size: 15px;">for improving urban communities throughout America.</span>&nbsp;The funds calculate they were responsible for the creation of more than 10,000 jobs, 5000 units of affordable housing, and millions of feet of retail and commercial space in the inner city.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turner said, "As a result of our investment, tens of millions of dollars flowed into urban coffers as a result of the incremental wage, sales, and real estate taxes. This in turn allowed cities to provide much needed social services for their citizens.&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2014/05/magics-business-partner-refutes-donald.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-744719976305090772Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:47:00 +00002014-04-25T17:53:01.739-07:00ComcastDavid GregoryEagleshomelesshomelessnessJon Bon JoviMeet the PressNBCPhilliesProject HomeWorld BankPhillies Owner's Wife Called Anal at Project Home TributeLast night was the 25th anniversary gala of <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.projecthome.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Project Home</span></a>,</span> the<span style="color: blue;"> charity </span>founded by indomitable Sister Mary Scullion and Joan Dawson-McConnon that endeavors to end all homelessness in Philadelphia. The charity has helped more than 8000 people get off the streets and built more than 600 housing units. Phillies part owner John and Leigh Middleton were honored for their transformative<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-13/news/35089008_1_sister-mary-scullion-bon-jovi-end-homelessness"><span style="color: blue;">gift</span> </a></span>of over $15 million to the charity.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FNTMKlIxS1o/U1fqDHdTApI/AAAAAAAAHJY/wM0lRFsyoBE/s1600/DSCN0348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FNTMKlIxS1o/U1fqDHdTApI/AAAAAAAAHJY/wM0lRFsyoBE/s1600/DSCN0348.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leigh and John Middleton accepting their honor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The Philadelphia society types came out for the dinner, which was attended by 1250 and raised $2.1 million. Rock star Jon Bon Jovi, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, Bill Giles of the Phillies as well as the formerly homeless residents of Project Home attended the event. Pennsylvania's First Lady, Susan Corbett, Senator Bob Casey, and Mayor Michael Nutter also attended the event.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T_eOoK7bgLE/U1fsWt_iEpI/AAAAAAAAHJo/OzYvDl4xWb4/s1600/DSCN0319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T_eOoK7bgLE/U1fsWt_iEpI/AAAAAAAAHJo/OzYvDl4xWb4/s1600/DSCN0319.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">Eagles owner Jeffrey and Tina Lurie, &nbsp;Comcast CEO Brian and Aline Roberts, and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim</span></td></tr></tbody></table>NBC's Meet the Press moderator David Gregory, whose show is currently in third place, was the evening's host. I asked him if there was any truth to the Washington Post report that a psychological consultant have been hired to help him. He dismissed the story with "It's just noise." Still I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during Gregory's conversation with his boss, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts. No one was smiling.<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fkc3zkhnu-I/U1f4Ztr1q9I/AAAAAAAAHKU/HFJZw-FjLKY/s1600/DSCN0323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Fkc3zkhnu-I/U1f4Ztr1q9I/AAAAAAAAHKU/HFJZw-FjLKY/s1600/DSCN0323.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meet the Press moderator talking with his boss Comcast CEO Brian Roberts</td></tr></tbody></table>Bon Jovi in his short but sweet speech made it clear who was the top dog in his relationship with Project Home co-founder Sister Mary Scullion. The nun is the boss of the rock star. He decided to become involved with the homeless after looking out his Philadelphia hotel room and seeing the homeless freezing on the street. He thought, This is not what our forefathers intended."<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f6XRt1KLRXQ/U1f3pgxY6kI/AAAAAAAAHKQ/8DS0_wjSBs8/s1600/DSCN0334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f6XRt1KLRXQ/U1f3pgxY6kI/AAAAAAAAHKQ/8DS0_wjSBs8/s1600/DSCN0334.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bon Jovi teased Sister Mary Scullion during his speech.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Binswanger Corp CEO David Binswanger and his wife Dorothy revealed some interesting details about the Middletons in their introduction of the couple. The couple works hard to deflect attention from themselves. They chose a seat at Phillies home game, to the left of the catcher, which is just out of camera range. The Middletons bought John's mother's 107 year old house and are refurbishing it. David Binwanger teased John Middleton about constantly looking at his phone and always being serious. Dorothy described Leigh Middleton as super organized or, in her words, "anal".<br /><br />The World Bank President Jim Yong Kim gave a moving tribute to the Middletons in which he called them the new face of philanthropy. Kim announced that the World Bank is committed to ending extreme poverty in 15 years. He credited John Middleton with helping him developing a more scientific system for distributing aid.<br /><div><br /></div>He said, "I am so excited to be here. I have known John and Leigh Middleton for five years. There are no two people in the world that I admire more. John and Leigh ask simple questions of the people they work with 1. Do you have heart? 2.&nbsp;Do you grit? 3. Are you committed? 4. Do you use scientific evidence to improve the work that you do?"<br /><br />I left the dinner with a queasy feeling in my stomach. I am not sure how I feel about going to a fancy gala dinner to raise money for the homeless. It was interesting to note two of the biggest supporters of the night made their fortunes from tobacco and sugary drinks, which have decimated poor communities.<br /><br />Helping the homeless is hard work complicated by obstacles such as mental health and addiction. Yet, I was surprised how few people (8000 people) they had brought in from the streets or homes they had built (600) in a quarter century since the richest people in the city and Bon Jovi fund them. Mega developer Bart Blatstein does that in a year. When you break it down, &nbsp;Project Home helped 320 people a year and built 24 homes a year.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eo-NLefu2Gk/U1f2jMwZ3RI/AAAAAAAAHJ8/bIQKPZg2T8A/s1600/DSCN0310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eo-NLefu2Gk/U1f2jMwZ3RI/AAAAAAAAHJ8/bIQKPZg2T8A/s1600/DSCN0310.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The North Philly Stompers and the Phillie Phanatic led the crowd to dinner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-irAXQzIlxRk/U1f29IqutHI/AAAAAAAAHKE/oTLa6uRxNW0/s1600/DSCN0292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-irAXQzIlxRk/U1f29IqutHI/AAAAAAAAHKE/oTLa6uRxNW0/s1600/DSCN0292.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Binswanger and Marjorie Honickman are two major donors to Project Home</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2014/04/phillies-owner-wife-called-anal-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-586585723753813916Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:48:00 +00002014-04-25T21:46:04.784-07:00AltriaDouble PlayDupontFloridaJohn MiddletonLeigh MiddletonMiddleton CigarMLBPalm BeachPhiladelphia AwardPhiladelphia School DistrictPhilliesProject Homereal estatePhillies Owner Middleton's Grand Palm Beach MansionIt was announced yesterday that Phillies owner John Middleton and his wife Leigh will be given the prestigious<a href="http://www.philadelphiaaward.org/default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f"><span style="color: blue;"> Philadelphia Award </span></a>this year. The Middleton family sold<a href="http://www.johnmiddletonco.com/en/cms/home/default.aspx"> <span style="color: blue;">John Middleton Co</span>,</a> which was founded in 1856 as a center city tobacco store, to<span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2007-11-02/news/25225874_1_cigar-sales-cigar-market-cigar-industry"><span style="color: blue;">Altria for $2.9 billion in 2007</span>.</a> After the sale, John and Leigh Middleton stepped up their philanthropy including major gifts to <a href="http://www.honickmanfoundation.org/change/rayhomes.php"><span style="color: blue;">Project Home</span> </a>and the<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/blogs/philthy-stuff/Phillies-Co-Owner-Makes-162M-Investment-in-Philly-Schools-162763526.html"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Philadelphia School District.</span>&nbsp;</span></a>&nbsp;John Middleton serves in the board of trustees of Penn Medicine.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZ63MRJxlbs/UzGjcOiWZwI/AAAAAAAAG0E/HpD4VCWstHE/s1600/middleton+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vZ63MRJxlbs/UzGjcOiWZwI/AAAAAAAAG0E/HpD4VCWstHE/s1600/middleton+(2).jpg" height="165" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Middleton</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The Middletons have been building a mansion on the northern end of the island of Palm Beach, Florida for the last 3 years. Much to the chagrin of neighbors, who including the Duponts, the construction noise at the house might continue into 2015. Progress on the mega mansion is proceeding slowly because Palm Beach enforces strictly, especially during the season, the time each day that the contractors are allowed to work<br /><br />The oceanfront property boasts a large main house, two guest houses, and servant quarters. As one neighbor noted, "The house is so big that the guest house has a guest house."<br /><br />It is a shame that Middleton can't use his riches to field a winning team for the Phillies.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UOJL0rOy5aM/UzGk_tcGVMI/AAAAAAAAG0Q/DiLRlkbQy48/s1600/DSCN0141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UOJL0rOy5aM/UzGk_tcGVMI/AAAAAAAAG0Q/DiLRlkbQy48/s1600/DSCN0141.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the beach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zrNCE4pnwFg/UzGlb9EutvI/AAAAAAAAG0Y/pcHzIEWW4io/s1600/DSCN0163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zrNCE4pnwFg/UzGlb9EutvI/AAAAAAAAG0Y/pcHzIEWW4io/s1600/DSCN0163.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n36Vqsl44TY/UzGnX1Pe-zI/AAAAAAAAG04/dyACahtfFH8/s1600/DSCN0185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n36Vqsl44TY/UzGnX1Pe-zI/AAAAAAAAG04/dyACahtfFH8/s1600/DSCN0185.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-US46L4dNK3U/UzGlmUSSVfI/AAAAAAAAG0g/zFbsyo-38Do/s1600/DSCN0162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-US46L4dNK3U/UzGlmUSSVfI/AAAAAAAAG0g/zFbsyo-38Do/s1600/DSCN0162.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The garage</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-22FrWpymIoM/UzGnt386-7I/AAAAAAAAG1A/ECRCNBUA8JI/s1600/DSCN0192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-22FrWpymIoM/UzGnt386-7I/AAAAAAAAG1A/ECRCNBUA8JI/s1600/DSCN0192.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't figure out what it is taking so long. The windows are already in.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yfIJ6u1VySw/UzGoyJNaBvI/AAAAAAAAG1U/geZzAA_qjbg/s1600/DSCN0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yfIJ6u1VySw/UzGoyJNaBvI/AAAAAAAAG1U/geZzAA_qjbg/s1600/DSCN0187.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are the blue rails surrounding a pool or a barbecue pit?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CyBQJNLKkjA/UzGsNRxTmPI/AAAAAAAAG18/RrIdVEX9kQM/s1600/DSCN0140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CyBQJNLKkjA/UzGsNRxTmPI/AAAAAAAAG18/RrIdVEX9kQM/s1600/DSCN0140.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from their home,&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XHBYATLDowU/UzGqla20ohI/AAAAAAAAG1w/2smtXufFxnI/s1600/dupont.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XHBYATLDowU/UzGqla20ohI/AAAAAAAAG1w/2smtXufFxnI/s1600/dupont.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Middleton's have nice neighbors. The Duponts live two houses away.</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N2HZ0Rp3eL8/UzGqeKVO90I/AAAAAAAAG1o/XH6XF8uJSzw/s1600/yogaonbeach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N2HZ0Rp3eL8/UzGqeKVO90I/AAAAAAAAG1o/XH6XF8uJSzw/s1600/yogaonbeach.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beach is mostly private except for pretty ladies doing yoga.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2014/03/phillies-owner-middleton-grand-palm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-9127797610377097240Tue, 19 Nov 2013 22:38:00 +00002013-11-21T12:03:40.729-08:0076ersChelsea ClintonCongressman Bob BradyDaylin LeachDorys Erving Fit Youth Foundation. NBADr.JHillary ClintonJeffrey OsborneJulius ErvingKareem Abdul JabbarMarjorie MargoliesVal ArkooshHillary Clinton To Fundraise for Marjorie Margolies, Chelsea Clinton's Mother-in-Law<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wzC3_A_SB3I/UovhsoqiEhI/AAAAAAAAFBc/WcV9kk_QloA/s1600/IMG_0545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wzC3_A_SB3I/UovhsoqiEhI/AAAAAAAAFBc/WcV9kk_QloA/s320/IMG_0545.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">Hillary Clinton will be appearing next year at a fundraiser for Marjorie Margolies' congressional campaign in the Pennsylvania suburbs, according to Ken Smukler, who serves as a communications consultant for Margolies.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">Margolies, who is Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law, is locked in a&nbsp;<a href="http://ballotpedia.org/Pennsylvania's_13th_congressional_district_elections,_2014" style="border: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Democratic primary campaign</a>&nbsp;against a strong progressive,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/14/1223677/-PA-13-Alan-Grayson-D-FL-Daylin-Leach-is-a-Democrat-with-backbone" style="border: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">state Sen. Daylin Leach,</a>&nbsp;as well as two others. Margolies served one congressional term in the early 1990s.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">Longtime Margolies fundraiser Linda August, who attended Chelsea Clinton's wedding, also confirmed Clinton's upcoming appearance.<br /><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />"Hillary said from the beginning that she was not going to be political this year except for McAuliffe and family. She is scheduled to come in six months before the election. She is coming in just when we need her," said Smukler, who also serves as spokesman for the local Democratic party. "The Clintons are doing this for themselves as much as for Marjorie. They can't have a family member lose a race for Congress six months before she is gearing up for a presidential election."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">Leach said he wasn't concerned by Margolies' support from the Clinton camp.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">"We have outpaced all of our opponents in fundraising and outreach since I got into the race," he told HuffPost. "We are following a very carefully crafted campaign plan. That plan does not depend on who does and does not support or attend fund-raisers for any of our opponents. I wish them all well, but I have a long history of winning elections, and I and my team are extremely confident our campaign will prevail on May 20th. "</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">The campaign of physician Val Arkoosh, another candidate for the congressional seat, disputed Leach's figures, and said Arkoosh currently led in fundraising. "We are the leading fundraiser in this race among the slate of candidates as of the end of the 3rd quarter with 588k cash-on-hand," said communications director Bryan Lesswing. "We are leading state Sen. Leach by over 210k, and Marjorie Margolies by 398k."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/Agg1kkI6oYg?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">Smukler made his comments about Margolies at a fundraiser for the <a href="http://doryservingfityouthfoundation.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Dorys Erving Fit Youth (DEFY) Foundation </span></a>at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Philadelphia on Friday night. Dorys is the wife of former NBA legend and Philadelphia favorite son Julius "Dr. J" Erving. Dr. J is currently on a book tour promoting his memoir,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dr-J-Autobiography-Julius-Erving/dp/0062187929%22" style="border: 0px; color: #0088c3; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">"Dr J: The Autobiography."</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">The foundation will provide a platform for solutions to childhood obesity in Philadelphia. According to the CDC, 25 percent of school age children in Philadelphia are suffering from obesity. The huge cake rolled out for desert illustrates the difficulty of tackling obesity.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTlh-yX3Tag/Uovn5Z7azrI/AAAAAAAAFCA/D0ZxQTZxjog/s1600/20131115_205538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZTlh-yX3Tag/Uovn5Z7azrI/AAAAAAAAFCA/D0ZxQTZxjog/s320/20131115_205538.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br />The gala attracted many celebrities, such as former Laker star Kareem Abdul Jabbar and R &amp; B singer Jeffrey Osborne, and local politicians such as Congressman Bob Brady. Brady lamented about the ubiquity of fast food chains in Philadelphia.<br /><br />Osborne's performance was the highlight of the night.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/wA7158axFTY?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br />State Senator Anthony Williams, who is running for mayor of Philadelphia in 2015, &nbsp;and his wife Shari shared a romantic to "On The Wings of Love."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/BB9F8eWd380?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br />Even Dorys and Julius Erving couldn't resist the music.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ThJjeBiWf4c/Uo5j2XRf7II/AAAAAAAAFDM/9XRN7zvVN_g/s1600/20131115_214441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ThJjeBiWf4c/Uo5j2XRf7II/AAAAAAAAFDM/9XRN7zvVN_g/s320/20131115_214441.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">At the same event, Jabbar voiced his frustration at the racism of Obama's critics.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FB74rxAQktU/Uo5FUgETGGI/AAAAAAAAFC8/EyrcifrlLGU/s1600/IMG_0551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FB74rxAQktU/Uo5FUgETGGI/AAAAAAAAFC8/EyrcifrlLGU/s320/IMG_0551.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px;">"Obama is the President of the United States. He should be treated with respect."Many of the president's critics, especially the birthers, are racist. This nonsense that he was born in Kenya, which we all know is not true, is pure racism," Jabbar said.<br /><br />The Huffington Post Washington editor Ryan Grim co-wrote this post with me.&nbsp;</div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/11/hillary-clinton-to-fundraise-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-384428997001225310Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:21:00 +00002013-11-14T14:21:01.623-08:00ComcastDavid L. CohenDemocratic PartyDSCCObamaPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaSenateSenator Michael BennetSenator Robert CaseyCohen Fundraising Letter for DSCC Fundraiser with ObamaPresident Obama will speak at a DSCC fundraiser at the home of Comcast EVP David L. Cohen and his wife Rhonda on Thursday night. Richard Vague is the co-chairman. He made a fortune in fossil fuels, then credit cards. He then founded venture capital firm, Gabriel Partners. Senator Robert Casey will be there.<br /><br />Here is Cohen's solicitation email.<br /><br /><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" type="cite"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Some of you were at the DSCC finance committee meeting yesterday, but for those who were not, Anne Caprara, Political Director at the DSCC gave a great update on the major Democratic Senate races.&nbsp; We announced that we are currently at $600K in pledges and money in the door.&nbsp; The DSCC has set a goal of $750K for this event, but we all agreed that we should be able to raise $1M as this finance committee has countless times in the past for the DSCC. <br /><br />Just as a refresher, here are the details of the event Rhonda’s and my home: Address blocked out.<br /><br />Event co-chairs: $32,400 -&nbsp;<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1372406853" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5PM</span></span>&nbsp;Cocktails and hors d'oeurvres, followed by a very small clutch, photos and dinner/Q&amp;A with the President (At this level you are welcome to bring a guest for the photo and dinner portions of the event).<u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />Event sponsor: $10,000 -&nbsp;Per person&nbsp;<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1372406854" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">5PM</span></span>&nbsp;Cocktails and hors d'oeurvres, followed by photos and dinner/ Q&amp;A with the President<br /><br />If everyone on this email would either write or raise $10,000, we would easily be able to meet our goal of $1M and have a true impact on the&nbsp;programs that the DSCC works every day to implement&nbsp;in each of the targeted Senate races which obviously proved to be a winning strategy in the&nbsp;2012 cycle (and in previous cycles).<br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></blockquote><div style="-x-system-font: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px auto;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/184275689/DSCC-Obama-Dinner-Invite-11-14-13-pdf" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View DSCC Obama Dinner Invite 11.14.13.pdf on Scribd">DSCC Obama Dinner Invite 11.14.13.pdf</a></div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="undefined" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_81866" scrolling="no" src="//www.scribd.com/embeds/184275689/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/11/cohen-fundraising-letter-for-dscc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-9070120986509835377Mon, 11 Nov 2013 03:29:00 +00002013-11-10T19:36:38.018-08:00Department of Veteran AffairsMount Moriah CemeteryPhiladelphiaVAVeteransVA Marks Veterans' Graves "UNKNOWN" Rather Than Identify Heroes<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mount Moriah Cemetery, located in Southwest Philadelphia and Yeadon, Pennsylvania was the largest private cemetery in Pennsylvania.&nbsp;The cemetery has been largely abandoned since the owner died and his wife disavowed ownership in 2011.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The cemetery has two National Cemetery plots,&nbsp;which Congress mandated to be maintained by the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The plots contain 2300 veteran’s graves, including 21 Medal of Honor&nbsp;recipients.&nbsp;One of these plots, called the Naval Asylum Plot, is in dire need of help.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sam Ricks, who is on the board of Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery, said, "Both&nbsp;plots lacks something basic found in all other National Cemeteries: a flagpole with&nbsp;a US Flag flying over veterans' graves.The Naval Plot contains numerous grave markers that are now illegible after years of inattention and lack of maintenance. The VA replaces them with their ubiquitous white marble "UNKNOWN"&nbsp;marker despite the&nbsp;availability&nbsp;of a volunteer conducted transcription survey identifying many of the now blank Navy and Marine markers."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ricks is worried the grave&nbsp;markers that&nbsp;will&nbsp;ultimately be&nbsp;"Lost to History" if the VA continues to replace them with their ubiquitous white marble "UNKNOWN"&nbsp;markers."&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ricks added.&nbsp; These are the graves of our Nation's earliest&nbsp;heroes, who&nbsp;actually fought "from the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli."&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The VA has also been to slow to place special gold leaf Medal of Honor designation on the stones.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paulette Rhone, chairman of the board of the friends, had a chance encounter with the VA&nbsp;grounds supervisor of Washington Crossing Cemetery, who is&nbsp;responsible for the military cemeteries in the area, the day before the government shutdown,&nbsp;September 30, to discuss the issue. The staff promised to start taking care of the grounds, but have yet to do anything.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/11/va-marks-veterans-graves-unknown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-4605470135700467874Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:32:00 +00002013-10-20T16:05:59.276-07:00asthmaLaporshia MasseyPan American SocietyPedro RamosPhiladelphiaPhiladelphia School ReformPhilly educationPhiladelphia School Reform Commission Chairman Brags About His AccomplishmentsPhiladelphia School Reform Commission Chairman Pedro Ramos was given the 2013 William J. Clothier II Memorial Award by the <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.panamphilly.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Pan American Association of Philadelphia</span></a>.</span>While most of us see dilapidated schools in Philadelphia,&nbsp;Ramos, a partner at the law firm of Trujillo, Rodriguez, and Richards, boasted about the School Reform Commission accomplishments during his tenure. Too busy bragging, he did not find the time to include Laporshia Massey, the young student who died from asthma complications, in his thoughts.<br /><br />Here is a tape of<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="https://archive.org/details/PhiladelphiaSchoolReformCommissionChairmanPedroRamosSpeakingAtPan"><span style="color: blue;">Ramos's speech</span></a></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>He touted the recruitment of &nbsp;the "exceptionally talented leader" Dr. Hite as superintendent of Philadelphia public schools, reduced the number of school buildings, labor agreements with the blue collar SEIU, and reinvigorate private philanthropy that had started to wane. He glossed over the reduced financial contribution from the state.<br /><br />"Over the last two years, spending has been reduced to actual revenues level," he said. "The school district has instituted a 5 year financial plan."<br /><br />Ramos, who conceded public service and responsibility can be "messy," continued, "All adults must insist on a safe, high quality education."<br /><br />When I asked him after the speech if he had any comments about the death of Massey, he bristled with indignation. He offered no words of condolence to Massey's family.<br /><br />He said, "I have no comment. Unlike everybody else, I don't offer my opinion without the facts. Call the School Board."<br /><h2 class="subtitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #999999; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></h2>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/10/philadelphia-school-reform-commission.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-2682277071945938934Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:35:00 +00002013-09-02T17:40:22.230-07:00Chris ChristieCory BookerNew JerseyOprahSenate. ObamaCory Booker Mocks Gay RumorsNJ Senatorial candidate Cory Booker performed at Stu Bykofsky's Candidates Comedy Night which benefits the Variety Club charities on August 23. His well received comedy routine included bits that mocked about the rumors that he is gay, being frequently compared to Obama, and his friendship with Republican Governor Chris Christie. Of course, there were the requisite jokes about birth certificates, political pandering, Philly sports fans, and Oprah. Unlike several of the other candidates, the charismatic Booker was able to be funny without any hint of raunchiness.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/cFBs1J3UCDo?rel=0" width="420"></iframe> <br /><br />He addressed the gay rumors after being accused of inseminating a panda by another candidate performer.<br /><br />Booker said, "I have been accused of some incredible things like being a KKK member, Jewish, Republican, gay, and a member of the CIA, but never inseminating a panda."<br /><br />He touched on one local issue.<br /><br />Why did George Washington cross the Delaware in a boat? he asked. "Because even back then, the tolls were too damn high."<br /><br />On the day of the event, Obama endorsed Booker as the Democratic candidate for the Senate in New Jersey. While proud of the endorsement, he carefully delineated the differences between the two.<br /><br />"When Obama left school, he became a community activist. When I left school, I became a neighborhood coordinator," joked the NJ senatorial candidate. "President Obama was born in the United States. I was born in Washington DC. Given the way that they kept records back then, I may not be able to produce a birth certificate."<br /><br />Booker made light of the criticism that he receives over his friendship with Republican Governor Chris Christie. He also dismissed the possibility of any friction between them due to the governor's endorsement of his Republican opponent.<br /><br />"My opponents came after me for me being close to the Governor of my state when I am mayor of the largest city," he said. "Last night, when I was with Mary Pat and Chris brushing our teeth and we expressed our frustration."<br /><br />Not one to take himself seriously, Booker mocked his celebrity status. Talking about the frustrations of the campaign trial, he said, "Thanks goodness, I have Oprah to talk to."<br /><br /><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/09/cory-booker-mocks-gay-rumors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-5608143565058437806Sun, 18 Aug 2013 17:27:00 +00002013-08-18T10:27:25.211-07:00Brendan BoylecollegeDaylin Leachhigher educationMarcellus ShaleoregonPay it forwardTwo Bills Provide Hope for Higher Education in Pennslvania<div class="MsoNormal">The Oregon legislature recently passed unanimously a bill, <a href="http://oregonwfp.org/issues/debt-free-higher-education/"><span style="color: blue;">“Pay it Forward,”</span></a> bill that authorized a pilot program to students to attend Oregon public universities tuition free.&nbsp; This innovative idea might have sparked a higher education revolution in Pennsylvania. Two Philadelphia area legislators, who are both running to replace Allyson Schwartz in the US Congress, raced to copy the innovative idea albeit taking different approaches.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">While many of my<a href="http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2013/08/15/leach-boyle-studentloans/"> <span style="color: blue;">journalism colleagues</span> </a>have written about the race to introduce the bill, I believe that high education is too important an issue to play insider baseball with it.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Pa State Senator<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.senatorleach.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Daylin Leach</span></a>,</span> whose district included part of Montgomery and Delaware counties, argues with Pennsylvania having one of the lowest college graduation rates in the country, the state vitally needs an overhaul of its higher education system so its citizens will have the skills to work in this economy and jobs don’t need to be sent overseas. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The bill of Representative<a href="http://www.pahouse.com/boyle/"><span style="color: blue;"> Brendan Boyle,</span></a> who represents Northeast Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania House, mirrors the Oregon bill. &nbsp;He wants to mandate the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency to study the issue and run a pilot program. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“I am probably the only public official that still had $60,000 in student loan debt, said Boyle, who went to Notre Dame on an academic scholarship. “I have been a leader on higher education issues since I was elected to the House 5 years ago. I introduced the bill for the REACH Scholarships for academically gifted students, which was modeled after the HOPE scholarship program in Georgia.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Leach will be introducing a<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/08/1229681/-PA-13-Daylin-Leach-D-wants-Pennsylvania-To-Offer-No-Interest-Student-Loans"> bill </a>in September that outlines a plan to implement the free tuition program. He is working with Representative Mark Longetti, who represents Mercer County. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“We don’t feel a need to study the issue, “said Leach’s chief of staff Zachary Hoover. “We think it is such a good idea that it should be implemented immediately. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Leach’s proposal, “Pay it Forward, Pay it Back,” initially calls for an extraction tax on Marcellus Shale to establish the fund. He expects the fund to be self-sustaining after 15 years. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Students will be able to borrow from the fund to pay for their tuition interest free, said Leach. “It will not be a case of them borrowing $100,000, and owing $150,000 because of the interest they racked up."<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Once they start working, those that borrowed will have their wages 4% a year until they repay the loan. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“For those that do not find a job, their loans will not be in default, explained the Senator. “The loan proceeds will be repaid by an insurance policy that they took out when they originally borrowed the loan. If the loan is for $100,000, they will borrow $110,000. $10,000 will be used to buy an insurance policy.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">For those that ask why they should care about high education costs when they don’t have children, Boyle has a ready answer. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“The indebtedness of our young people affects the economy, particularly industries such as real estate,” he said. “Young people are delaying purchasing home because of their large student loans. A local real estate agent told me that he used to see people in their mid to late twenties buying home, now they wait until they are in their mid-thirties.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/08/two-bills-provide-hope-for-higher.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-1908832087178352673Fri, 19 Jul 2013 20:47:00 +00002013-07-21T14:41:03.625-07:00Ed SnowdenGordon HumphreyNobel PrizeNSAPutinRussiaspyingsurveillanceSweden. CongressFormer Senator Questions US Pushing Snowden into Russia's Arms<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UR3f7I21XKs/Uem0IIYR4FI/AAAAAAAADqE/4unX4IIdULY/s1600/snowden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UR3f7I21XKs/Uem0IIYR4FI/AAAAAAAADqE/4unX4IIdULY/s1600/snowden.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222;">The email correspondence of former Senator Gordon Humphrey, who represented New Hampshire in the US Senate from 1979-1990, saying that NSA leaker Edward Snowden had "done the right thing&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 15px;">done the right thing in exposing what I regard as massive violation of the United States constitution'"</span><span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;was </span><span style="color: blue;">published in the Guardian t</span><span style="color: #222222;">his week.. Humphrey has no plans to become a "pen pal" with Snowden, but is working hard to get him out of Russia and receive asylum in a country more friendly to the United States. Yesterday, he was meeting with a lawyer that specializes in asylum issues to get advice. He also plans to get in contact with the</span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2363191/Edward-Snowden-nominated-Nobel-Peace-Prize-Swedish-Professor.html?ito=feeds-newsxml"><span style="color: blue;"> Swedish professor</span> </a><span style="color: #222222;">who nominated the whistleblower for a Nobel Prize and others in Sweden.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The former Senator said, "I believe that Edward Snowden is a whistleblower. The United States has isolated him so he can only seek asylum from unfriendly countries. I am working to stimulate inter</span>est in Sweden, a friendly but independent country, to offer him whistleblower protection."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He thinks it is a mistake for the United States to push Snowden into Russian arms.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">"Putin is not to be trusted," he said. "I am afraid that the Russian Intelligence Service will find Snowden in a comprising situation or manufacture one and then he will be forced to betray his country. Just this week, they </span><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/russian-opposition-leader-found-guilty-of-embezzlement/1704170.html"><span style="color: blue;">convicted an activist </span></a><span style="color: #222222;">on trumped up charges and sentenced him to five years for speaking out."</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.545454025268555px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Humphrey is pushing for Sweden, a country that is friendly to the United States but independent, to take Snowden. He chose Sweden because of its history with the Nobel Prize and its long record of civil society. Perhaps most importantly because the hour long flight from Russia to Russia to Sweden will not require flying over another country.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;">He said, "I was shocked at the level of arrogance and the dangerousness the United States risked in its efforts in preventing the plane of the Bolivian president from flying over European airspace."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Humphrey will not stop once Snowden has asylum.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Although government has never been a Boy Scout troop, the period that I served in Washington was the age of innocence compared to what is going on," said the former Senator. "We tried to do the right thing. I couldn't imagine that we would be tracking millions of people every day. This is the latest in a growing list of lawlessness. The IRS investigating organizations based on their political beliefs and subpoenaing an AP reporter's records are other examples. It is time to stand up. We have to restore our&nbsp;constitutional&nbsp;limits. We must return to the rule of law."</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He wants to see those that ordered the massive spying prosecuted.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"We need to bring to justice those that have trampled our rights," said Humphrey. "Congress has so far made on effort to find out who ordered this and remove them from office. Yahoo and Google were forced to be accomplices and turn over private emails to public officials."</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He blames the revolving door between government service and lobbying for creating the culture that allowed unquestioned mass surveillance to go on.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"With the revolving door of government and lobbying, we have created masters, not servants, of the people. They are showing contempt for the people," said Humphrey, who&nbsp;</span></span><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;">deliberately left the Senate after two terms and hates even driving through Washington now.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.53125px;">"Their attitude is that they can do what they please. They have forgotten that the people not government are their clients.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He does not expect current members of Congress to support his efforts.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"There are 38 members of Congress serving on committees overseeing the NSA," said Humphrey. "Feinstein, who has been there too long, and the other members of Congress have lost perspective. They would have to admit that they did something wrong. That is why they are clamoring for Snowden's head."</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.53125px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He is hoping that former members of Congress, who can be more independent, will contact him. He has received a few emails of support, but none yet from any former members of Congress.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="yj6qo ajU" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; cursor: pointer; outline: none; padding: 10px 0px; width: 22px;"><div aria-label="Show trimmed content" class="ajR" data-tooltip="Show trimmed content" id=":1jr" role="button" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); clear: both; line-height: 6px; outline: none; position: relative; width: 20px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img class="ajT" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" style="background-image: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/ellipsis.png); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 8px; opacity: 0.3; width: 20px;" /></span></div></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/07/former-senator-questions-us-pushing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-7801073370382853137Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:40:00 +00002013-07-16T10:40:47.728-07:00Allyson SchwartzBill ClintonChelsea ClintonCongressDaylin LeachHillary ClintonKathleen KaneMarjorie MargoliesVernon Jordan Pa13Congressional Candidate Snubbed by Clinton In-laws<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IPYHoSWXCxQ/UeV_UHaY_XI/AAAAAAAADo8/qnG8x7FFwCY/s1600/r-MARJORIE-MARGOLIES-large570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IPYHoSWXCxQ/UeV_UHaY_XI/AAAAAAAADo8/qnG8x7FFwCY/s320/r-MARJORIE-MARGOLIES-large570.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />When Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz decided to run for Pennsylvania governor in 2014, the Democratic primary for her old seat became wide open. Marjorie Margolies, Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law, entered the race for her old Congressional seat (Pa 13). &nbsp;Many pundits assumed that she would become the front runner due to the fund raising prowess of the Clintons. So far, Clintons have not offered Margolies much support, which stands in contrast to the all out effort that<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/03/former_president_bill_clinton_1.html"><span style="color: blue;">former President Bill Clinton</span></a></span> waged for Kathleen Kane's contested primary for Pa Attorney General.<br /><br />Congressional candidate Marjorie Margolies<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.politicspa.com/q2-margolies-raises-185k-in-pa-13/49428/"><span style="color: blue;">raised $185,000 for the quarter</span>.</a> </span>This puts her last in the race for dollars. State Senator Daylin Leach<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://atr.rollcall.com/ex-rep-margolies-places-last-in-fundraising-race/"><span style="color: blue;">raised over $350,000</span></a>,</span> physician Valerie Arkoosh <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.politicspa.com/q2-arkoosh-brings-in-285k/49312/"><span style="color: blue;">collected more than $285,00</span></a>, </span>and State Representative Brendan Boyle<a href="http://www.politicspa.com/q2-quarter-million-for-boyle-in-pa-13/49448/"> <span style="color: blue;">raised $252,000</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.politicspa.com/q2-margolies-raises-185k-in-pa-13/49428/"><span style="color: blue;">Several Clinton loyalists</span></a>,</span> such as former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Vernon Jordan, and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, did contribute to Margolies' campaign. It is a little surprising that Margolies' Wall Street son or his wife Chelsea did not contribute to his mother's race.<br /><br />For the Clintons' not to donate to the campaign is akin to a slap in the face. Without Margolies' 1993 vote for Clinton's budget, it would have failed in Congress. She made that vote<a href="http://swampland.time.com/2010/03/03/when-a-hard-vote-ends-a-political-career/"> <span style="color: blue;">knowing that she would lose her Congressional seat.&nbsp;</span></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jroMJjvjB2w/UeWCH3jT8WI/AAAAAAAADpk/46gIa71HN2g/s1600/DSCF2573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jroMJjvjB2w/UeWCH3jT8WI/AAAAAAAADpk/46gIa71HN2g/s320/DSCF2573.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Hilary Clinton could have given a boost to Margolies campaign when she recently spoke at Bryn Mawr College at the Women in Public Service Project. The project, which trains women in conflict regions to be leaders, is very similar to the program that Margolies runs, <a href="http://www.womenscampaigninternational.org/who_we_are"><span style="color: blue;">Women's Campaign International.</span>&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;Yet there is no sighting or mention of Margolies.<br /><br />Chelsea, write your mother-in-law a check. Otherwise, she might not be able to stay in the race.<br /><br /><br />http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/07/congressional-candidate-snubbed-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-2997011223853966654Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:17:00 +00002013-06-08T19:12:32.009-07:002138 Market St. artistAnne Bryanbuilding collapseGriffin CampbellMayor NutterPAFAPennsylvania Academy of Fine ArtsPhiladelphiaRichard BascianoSalvation ArmyPhiladelphia Building Collapse Victim's Art Shows Her Enormous TalentI thought it would be a fitting memorial to post pictures drawn by Anne Bryan, one of the victims of the building collapse in Philadelphia. Her enormous talent is exemplified in these pictures. The world lost a great painter and will hereafter be a little less beautiful. Her memorial service is tomorrow at 5 pm at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.<br /><br />Heike Rass, executive vice president of marketing and communications for the school, said, "Anne's death has hit PAFA hard. We are a tiny school, only 300 students. The graduate students know the undergraduates.<br /><br />A fund has been set up to defray the funeral costs of those killed in the building collapse. If you wish to donate, go<a href="https://rally.org/PhillyBuildingCollapse"> here.&nbsp;</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bxF-viiwOuQ/UbNW56x44pI/AAAAAAAAC_g/sbLBfQ8rhOo/s1600/Anne+Bryan.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bxF-viiwOuQ/UbNW56x44pI/AAAAAAAAC_g/sbLBfQ8rhOo/s320/Anne+Bryan.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IQ8iP-l6JP8/UbNWwYw6MuI/AAAAAAAAC_c/6rJmK1HiVl8/s1600/Charcoal+Jester.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IQ8iP-l6JP8/UbNWwYw6MuI/AAAAAAAAC_c/6rJmK1HiVl8/s320/Charcoal+Jester.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4X3V-pEVVzA/UbNXGSI20DI/AAAAAAAAC_o/_QmrZP8MVHw/s1600/Figure+Drawing.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4X3V-pEVVzA/UbNXGSI20DI/AAAAAAAAC_o/_QmrZP8MVHw/s320/Figure+Drawing.JPG" width="226" /></a></div><br />http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/06/philadelphia-building-collapse-victims.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-2666842980752550486Fri, 24 May 2013 03:02:00 +00002013-05-24T07:37:11.622-07:00criminal justiceFrank Quattrone Tumblrhi techinnocence projectsinvestment bankingQatalystUniversity of PennsylvaniaYahooTumblr Banker Establishes Quattrone Center for Fair Administration of Justice - Video<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHGxuBqQhes/UYvV-ls_KSI/AAAAAAAAC7M/nSbDPx6mjKM/s1600/DSCF2123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHGxuBqQhes/UYvV-ls_KSI/AAAAAAAAC7M/nSbDPx6mjKM/s320/DSCF2123.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frank Quattrone and Pennsylvania Innocence Project dinner &nbsp;chairman Carolyn Short</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br />Investment banking giant, Frank Quattrone, had a busy May. Quattrone, the CEO and founder of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.qatalyst.com/" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;">Qatalyst Partners</span></a>&nbsp;in San Francisco, advised Tumblr, which was sold to Yahoo for $1.1 billion. His wife, Denise Foderaro Quattrone, was honored at the<span style="color: blue;">&nbsp;<a href="http://www.innocenceprojectpa.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Pennsylvania Innocence Project&nbsp;</span></a></span>dinner earlier in the month.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xEyXe9MsFVU/UZ7C09HPxnI/AAAAAAAAC-8/bOUvbXQSxHw/s1600/DSCF2127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xEyXe9MsFVU/UZ7C09HPxnI/AAAAAAAAC-8/bOUvbXQSxHw/s320/DSCF2127.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Denise Foderao Quattrone, who is tiny, is second to left.&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It was announced at the dinner that the couple, who are both Penn Alumni and Philadelphia natives, is establishing the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.The idea for the center originated after Frank Quattrone's entanglement with the legal system. He was<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/08/news/newsmakers/quattrone/"><span style="color: blue;"> convicted</span></a> of obstruction of justice and witness tampering in 2004 and ordered to serve 18 months in jail. The appeals courts <span style="color: blue;">dismissed</span> one of the charges. Quattrone later&nbsp;signed a deferred prosecution agreement that admitted no guilt.<br /><br />After his ordeal, Quattrone realized that there must be other innocent people in prison who did not have his resources to fight their charges and selflessly decided to help them. This has motivated the Quattrone to quietly work to reform the justice system and help those that have been wrongly accused.<br /><br />The new Quattrone Center could introduce a new paradigm for the criminal justice system. It will be a game changer for the wrongfully accused. With the help of the center, the innocent may now have a chance of clearing their name. It will be interesting to see if other Penn alumni that have had their skirmishes with law enforcement, such as Michael Milken and Steven A Cohen will contribute to the center.<br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lOhhTY6xnyM" width="420"></iframe> <br /><br />When one listens Frank and Denise Quattrone's moving account of their legal odyssey, it is immediately apparent that our criminal justice system is broken.The average person has very little chance of proving their innocence without a "fierce warrior" as he lovingly calls his wife. Denise worked so intensely on his case that the defense team devoted one lawyer to answering her emails.<br /><br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UpokisHpNvM" width="420"></iframe> <br /><div><br />While their fellow members of their economic class typically donate to the arts or medical institutions, the Quattrones have chosen to help the lowest of the low-prisoners. The couple doesn't just write checks. They get their hands dirty. Denise Quattrone researches the exonerated for the<span style="color: blue;">&nbsp;<span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/about.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">National Exoneration</span> <span style="color: blue;">Registry</span></a>,</span></span> which details every known person exonerated since 1989. University of Michigan law professor, Samuel Gross, estimates that she has found 1/2 of the names on the registry.<br /><br />She often meets the families of the wrongly accused at a San Francisco hotel to offer her support. She also sponsors a retreat for these families and has paid for them to fly to hearings.<br /><br />The Quattrones work with many of the innocence projects across the country. They were one of the first to unite the disparate state organizations. Representatives from several of these organizations were in attendance at last night's&nbsp;dinner to pay respect to the Quattrones.<br /><div><br /></div>The innocence projects do not only work to free the innocent. They also lobby law enforcement and&nbsp;legislatures&nbsp;to instill best practices to facilitate reversing a wrong conviction in the future. Richard Glazer, executive director of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project&nbsp;noted, when I interviewed him for<span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/news/local/2013/05/07/pennsylvania-innocence-project-group-works-hard-for-little-results/">&nbsp;<span style="color: blue;">Metro</span></a>&nbsp;</span>, would like to see more district attorney's office establish conviction integrity units within their own offices.&nbsp;</div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">The Pennsylvania Innocence</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">&nbsp;Project is pushing the legislature to pass laws that would make evidence preservation rules uniform throughout the state.&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">“Evidence, such as rape kits and blood, is currently kept randomly. Our investigators find them in court, medical examiners, or DA’s files,” said Glazer.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">As a bonus, I have included two short clips showing the warm side of Quattrone.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JEjEpwNUFT4" width="420"></iframe><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0g8n28kKNKY" width="420"></iframe><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/05/tumblr-banker-establishes-quattrone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-4656243072260188592Sun, 05 May 2013 02:09:00 +00002013-05-06T09:18:17.531-07:00cancerEve EnslerIn The Body of the WorldOne Billion RisingV-Dayviolence against womenEnsler Announces 2 Billion Rising And Call to Justice for 2014<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c9xUCldChn8/UYW-dkQ15-I/AAAAAAAAC60/Peg3DTWigHc/s1600/DSCF2116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c9xUCldChn8/UYW-dkQ15-I/AAAAAAAAC60/Peg3DTWigHc/s320/DSCF2116.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Eve Ensler, founder of V-Day, was at the Free Library of Philadelphia on Saturday night to plug her new book, "In The Body of The World". Near the end of her book reading, she announced that One Billion Rising will be expanded &nbsp;for V-Day 2014.<br /><br />V-Day, which was founded to draw attention to violence against women, was originally commemorated every Valentine's Day with performances of her play, "The Vagina Monologues". She created One Billion Rising, which mobilized one billion people to dance in the streets to protest violence against women, to mark the 15th anniversary in 2013.<br /><br />"We are going to have 2 Billion Rising and a Call to Justice for 2014," she said. "We are asking women who have been attacked to file charges." If the statue of limitations has not expired, then we are asking to go to the court and file charges. If they have filed charges, we are asking them to go to find out what is happening. Can you imagine the lines of people that will be forming outside courthouses all over the world?<br /><br />Call to Justice could produce a seismic change in the way that violence against women is looked at. There is strength in numbers. Women, who had previously kept silent about the attack, might be more willing to come &nbsp;forward in a group situation. With so few sexual assaults reported, the optics of lines of women waiting to press charges against their attackers might change public sentiment.<br /><br />Ensler recently was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer. She has surgery and chemotherapy. Nothing keeps this women down.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/05/ensler-announces-2-billion-rising-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-1228713665011055032Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:55:00 +00002013-04-28T15:55:32.759-07:00Pictures from PIFA Street Fair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qy2Qpz6tJPg/UX2i27xTuDI/AAAAAAAAC6A/wnMV3a6zaUY/s1600/DSCF1944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qy2Qpz6tJPg/UX2i27xTuDI/AAAAAAAAC6A/wnMV3a6zaUY/s400/DSCF1944.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />The PIFA Street Fair was held on Saturday, April 27. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RWRCRPyR_KM/UX2gHdakLcI/AAAAAAAAC5c/DBNI98CnlBU/s320/DSCF1985.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-buvXgn3dJQs/UX2gY_frmjI/AAAAAAAAC5k/HbAlwrexAGQ/s1600/DSCF1927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-buvXgn3dJQs/UX2gY_frmjI/AAAAAAAAC5k/HbAlwrexAGQ/s320/DSCF1927.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MzNGuBQY-VM/UX2hGKanJkI/AAAAAAAAC5s/5ydZcFnVgoQ/s1600/DSCF1931.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MzNGuBQY-VM/UX2hGKanJkI/AAAAAAAAC5s/5ydZcFnVgoQ/s320/DSCF1931.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/04/pictures-from-pifa-street-fair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-3770083342579586546Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:27:00 +00002013-04-23T14:27:08.680-07:00abortionbirth controlCongoFacebookFeminismFeministGloria SteinemHolocaustJewishLean InNRAPassoverPennsylvaniaPlanned ParenthoodSederSheryl Sandbergwar crimesGloria Steinem Compares Abortion Lobby to NRA<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HbqomW9mtU0/UXb7NurJmDI/AAAAAAAAC1M/SJ279TFPSyc/s1600/097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HbqomW9mtU0/UXb7NurJmDI/AAAAAAAAC1M/SJ279TFPSyc/s320/097.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem spoke to a packed house at a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania on April 16. Steinem, the founder of Ms. Magazine, was heartened at the future of feminism by seeing “so many in the room that were not even born when I first published Ms. Magazine.” She gave all the men in the room a “free pass on the sins that they have committed or might commit in the future.”<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem, who recently celebrated her 79<sup>th</sup>&nbsp;birthday, shocked the room with this chilling statistic: “More American women have died at the hands of the husbands or boyfriends since September 11, 2001 than the total of Americans that died on 9/11 and in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She explained why this concerns all of us.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Studies have shown that societies that mistreat women are more likely to breed terrorism,” she said.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem touched on local concerns by voicing her disappointment with the gender gap in Pennsylvania politics.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Pennsylvania has very few women in the legislature. We need more women at the table because they concentrate on issues that are of concern to all of us such as health and welfare.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Pennsylvania ranks 42 nationally for number of women elected to political office in the state. &nbsp;Although women are a majority of the registered voters in this state, they make up only 17.8% of the General Assembly. Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz is the lone woman that represents Pennsylvania in Congress.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">She graciously ceded to former Pennsylvania State Senator Connie Williams, who made an emotional plea for the women in the audience to run for office.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem took aim at the Pennsylvania legislature, which spent 1/3 of their last legislative session debating abortion. &nbsp;The legislature has passed through committees in both houses bill that would prohibit insurance companies from paying for an abortion except in the case of rape and incest. An abortion, which is needed to save the life of a mother, would have to be paid out of pocket by the woman.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“We have a problem with the Pennsylvania Legislature,” she said. “The abortion lobby is similar to the NRA. Both are controlled by extremists that do not represent the views of the majority of the members.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem is not surprised that the battle over legalized abortion and birth control continues even though many feminists thought it was settled in the 1970’s.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">“It should be a women’s health issue,” she emphatically declared. “Instead it is about a need to control, racism, nationalism, and cheap labor. America did not have a problem with birth control until the Europeans came over with their monotheistic religions. “</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem poked holes in the current GOP attack line against abortion, victims of rape can’t get pregnant. She stressed that the promulgation of this falsehood during the 2012 election cycle was not about a lack of anatomy knowledge.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;“This Republican line of attack mystifies feminists the most. It is all about blaming the victim. If the women does get pregnant that means she wasn’t raped.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Meeting Gloria Steinem in person, you realize why she has stayed relevant for this long. She is humble and modest about her achievements. A greeting of “it’s an honor to meet you” is returned with “It’s an honor to meet you.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">In an interview before the event, Steinem took sides in the feminist debate du jour over Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://leanin.org/"><span style="color: blue;">book</span></a> </span>“Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.” This is not surprising because Steinem’s brand of feminism, as opposed to Betty Friedan’s, has always been inclusive.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Former Planned Parenthood CEO and President Gloria Feldt wrote a similar <a href="http://9ways.gloriafeldt.com/"><span style="color: blue;">book,</span></a> “No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power” and was not criticized,” she noted. “Sheryl is being attacked because she is successful. In order to maintain the unequal gender roles, if we are women we have to be persuaded that we will not be loved if we are successful. If we are men, we will not be loved if we are not successful.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She dismissed criticism that Sandberg’s approach was too elitist by noting “domestics in New York are forming “Lean in” circles. She specifically endorsed her idea of co-parenting.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222;">“Couples should not agree to have children unless the man agrees to parent equally,” she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #222222;">Steinem’s latest project,&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Women Under Siege Project&nbsp;</span></a></span>&nbsp;hearkens back to her Jewish roots, which may surprise many that do not think of Steinem as a Jewish feminist.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“My father was Jewish,” she said. “When someone says something anti-Semitic, believe me I am Jewish. I have attended a feminist Seder for thirty years. I believe in spirituality not paternalistic hierarchies. I attended a regular Seder once and was shocked at what I was reading.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We had a good laugh that the 4 sons not sons and daughters ask the questions in the Passover Haggadah.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Women Under Siege Project is attempting to chronicle the accounts of victims of sexual abuse during war or military conflict starting with the Holocaust and extending to present day conflicts in the Congo, Egypt and Syria.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Sexual violence is a weapon of war. The judges at Nuremberg would not allow the testimony of women that had been sexually abused by the Nazis in the courtroom. The proceedings were horrific enough. They did not want tears in the courtroom,” said Steinem.</div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/04/gloria-steinem-compares-abortion-lobby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-6730581590056049257Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:03:00 +00002013-04-23T14:42:29.851-07:00abortionbirth controlFacebookFeminismFeministGloria SteinemJewishLean InPassoverPennsylvaniaPlanned ParenthoodSederSheryl SandbergGloria Steinem Compares Abortion Lobby to NRA<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-unUtkd0QQlE/UXb26iD8DOI/AAAAAAAAC08/DHEuG_G3f6s/s1600/097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-unUtkd0QQlE/UXb26iD8DOI/AAAAAAAAC08/DHEuG_G3f6s/s320/097.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem spoke to a packed house at a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania on April 16. Steinem, the founder of Ms. Magazine, was heartened at the future of feminism by seeing “so many in the room that were not even born when I first published Ms. Magazine.” She gave all the men in the room a “free pass on the sins that they have committed or might commit in the future.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem, who recently celebrated her 79<sup>th</sup>birthday, shocked the room with this chilling statistic: “More American women have died at the hands of the husbands or boyfriends since September 11, 2001 than the total of Americans that died on 9/11 and in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She explained why this concerns all of us. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Studies have shown that societies that mistreat women are more likely to breed terrorism,” she said. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem touched on local concerns by voicing her disappointment with the gender gap in Pennsylvania politics. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Pennsylvania has very few women in the legislature. We need more women at the table because they concentrate on issues that are of concern to all of us such as health and welfare.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Pennsylvania ranks 42 nationally for number of women elected to political office in the state. &nbsp;Although women are a majority of the registered voters in this state, they make up only 17.8% of the General Assembly. Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz is the lone woman that represents Pennsylvania in Congress.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">She graciously ceded to former Pennsylvania State Senator Connie Williams, who made an emotional plea for the women in the audience to run for office.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem took aim at the Pennsylvania legislature, which spent 1/3 of their last legislative session debating abortion. &nbsp;The legislature has passed through committees in both houses bill that would prohibit insurance companies from paying for an abortion except in the case of rape and incest. An abortion, which is needed to save the life of a mother, would have to be paid out of pocket by the woman. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“We have a problem with the Pennsylvania Legislature,” she said. “The abortion lobby is similar to the NRA. Both are controlled by extremists that do not represent the views of the majority of the members.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem is not surprised that the battle over legalized abortion and birth control continues even though many feminists thought it was settled in the 1970’s.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">“It should be a women’s health issue,” she emphatically declared. “Instead it is about a need to control, racism, nationalism, and cheap labor. America did not have a problem with birth control until the Europeans came over with their monotheistic religions. “</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steinem poked holes in the current GOP attack line against abortion, victims of rape can’t get pregnant. She stressed that the promulgation of this falsehood during the 2012 election cycle was not about a lack of anatomy knowledge. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;“This Republican line of attack mystifies feminists the most. It is all about blaming the victim. If the women does get pregnant that means she wasn’t raped.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Meeting Gloria Steinem in person, you realize why she has stayed relevant for this long. She is humble and modest about her achievements. A greeting of “it’s an honor to meet you” is returned with “It’s an honor to meet you.” <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">In an interview before the event, Steinem took sides in the feminist debate du jour over Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book “Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.” This is not surprising because Steinem’s brand of feminism, as opposed to Betty Friedan’s, has always been inclusive. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Former Planned Parenthood CEO and President Gloria Feldt wrote a similar book, “No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power” and was not criticized,” she noted. “Sheryl is being attacked because she is successful. In order to maintain the unequal gender roles, if we are women we have to be persuaded that we will not be loved if we are successful. If we are men, we will not be loved if we are not successful.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">She dismissed criticism that Sandberg’s approach was too elitist by noting “domestics in New York are forming “Lean in” circles. She specifically endorsed her idea of co-parenting.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">“Couples should not agree to have children unless the man agrees to parent equally,” she said. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="color: #222222;">Steinem’s latest project, </span><a href="http://www.womenundersiegeproject.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Women Under Siege Project </span></a></span>&nbsp;hearkens back to her Jewish roots, which may surprise many that do not think of Steinem as a Jewish feminist.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“My father was Jewish,” she said. “When someone says something anti-Semitic, believe me I am Jewish. I have attended a feminist Seder for thirty years. I believe in spirituality not paternalistic hierarchies. I attended a regular Seder once and was shocked at what I was reading.”<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We had a good laugh that the 4 sons not sons and daughters ask the questions in the Passover Haggadah.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Women Under Siege Project is attempting to chronicle the accounts of victims of sexual abuse during war or military conflict starting with the Holocaust and extending to present day conflicts in the Congo, Egypt and Syria. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">“Sexual violence is a weapon of war. The judges at Nuremberg would not allow the testimony of women that had been sexually abused by the Nazis in the courtroom. The proceedings were horrific enough. They did not want tears in the courtroom,” said Steinem.<o:p></o:p></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/04/gloria-steinem-we-have-problem-with-pa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-6371056001529075713Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:24:00 +00002013-04-04T22:02:21.143-07:00Amerimar RealtyArlen SpecterBass Brotherscarried interestDavid MarshallFox Chase Cancer CenterKris ToomeyNIHPIFAreal estate Amerimar RealtyRepublicanSenator Pat ToomeyToomey Weighing Elimination of Carried Interest<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UlKX5VvfX_Q/UV4YpNLpaRI/AAAAAAAACzw/0uaehso_qPg/s1600/DSCF1717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UlKX5VvfX_Q/UV4YpNLpaRI/AAAAAAAACzw/0uaehso_qPg/s320/DSCF1717.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Senator Pat Toomey, Kris Toomey, Sandy Marshall and David Marshall at the &nbsp;PIFA gala</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Senator Pat Toomey and his wife, Kris, were the guests of real estate developer David Marshall and his wife Sandy at the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) gala. Mrs. Marshall was the chairman of last night's gala. Marshall, CEO of Amerimar Realty, is perhaps best known locally for developing the Rittenhouse Hotel.<br /><br />Toomey said, "When David Marshall invited me, he promised me a spectacular evening. So far, he has delivered."<br /><br />Not one to shy away from stirring up trouble or forgo an opportunity to score political points, I suggested in the middle of the mayhem of the party to the senator and Marshall that the one tax break for the rich that could be eliminated was carried interest. Carried interest tax benefit allows investment managers to pay the lower capital gains rate on their share of the fund's profits in excess of their personal investment even though they did not have any capital risk for those profits.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XxLqjakIA00/UV4a2X1ZZ7I/AAAAAAAACz4/z3pOodv32E8/s1600/DSCF1625.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XxLqjakIA00/UV4a2X1ZZ7I/AAAAAAAACz4/z3pOodv32E8/s320/DSCF1625.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />To my surprise, Marshall, who manages real estate funds, agreed that this was one tax benefit that should be closed. At the end of the evening, he recounted his conversation with Toomey.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6dVQ2kKCvc8/UV4iwyxIFmI/AAAAAAAAC0E/ABp8dSJJl_g/s1600/DSCF1666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6dVQ2kKCvc8/UV4iwyxIFmI/AAAAAAAAC0E/ABp8dSJJl_g/s320/DSCF1666.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />"I told him that I am developer so it would cost me money if it was eliminated. But carried interest does not really incentivize investment," said Marshall, who is a fiscal conservative.<br /><br />"The senator was surprised at my response," he continued. "He would consider eliminating it, but said that he is concerned that it would be a slippery slope. The Democrats would have to give something in return to get it."<br /><br />Democrats, if you are listening, there is a chance to end the most desisted tax benefit in the country that benefits the rich. I also wrote this post because it is a fascinating window into how things get done in Washington.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3zTqqB0inw/UV4k06Nye1I/AAAAAAAAC0Q/sav-IR5tkPQ/s1600/DSCF1601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3zTqqB0inw/UV4k06Nye1I/AAAAAAAAC0Q/sav-IR5tkPQ/s320/DSCF1601.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ninjas that greeted us at the start of the gals</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Marshall, who served as chairman of the board of Fox Chase Cancer Center for three and half years, also pushed Toomey on funding for the NIH. It will be interesting to see if deficit hawk Toomey will agree to an increase in NIH funding.<br /><br />Marshall has long championed NIH funding. He would only agree to hold fundraisers for the late Senator Arlen Specter if he would agree to push Obama on NIH funding.<br /><br />"After Obama and Specter went to the Super Bowl, Specter called me and said that he did not get the $2 or $3 billion I asked for, but $10 billion," said Marshall.<br /><br />Marshall is also in favor of means testing for social security. But it would been too much to expect Toomey to talk about two tax increases in one night.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g7vaOwVayvM/UV4neL2rNoI/AAAAAAAAC0Y/HijVKrFlbNE/s1600/DSCF1665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g7vaOwVayvM/UV4neL2rNoI/AAAAAAAAC0Y/HijVKrFlbNE/s320/DSCF1665.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A look inside the PIFA time machine</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Mrs. Toomey still lives in Allentown with the couple's three children.<br /><br />She said, "The oldest is excited about his dad in Washington, but he has only been there a few times. He can only go on the weekends and Pat wants to come home."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/04/toomey-might-consider-elimination-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-2639802773716176656Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:48:00 +00002013-03-31T20:26:55.037-07:00Adam MorganBarry BondsbaseballBill GilesCody AscheCole HamelsDavid MontgomeryDelmon YoungDon MattinglyJonathan PettiboneKen GriffeyMike YoungMLBPhilliesRuben AmaroRyan HowardTony GwynnHamels, Howard Preview Phillies Opening Day<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZgcDaYmA8HE/UVjI8y-1-PI/AAAAAAAACy4/Hn9NXKBTo6Y/s1600/DSCF1538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZgcDaYmA8HE/UVjI8y-1-PI/AAAAAAAACy4/Hn9NXKBTo6Y/s320/DSCF1538.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce sponsored on Friday "Paint the Town Red," a Phillies opening week ritual for 30 years. Phillies Cole Hamels, Ryan Howard, and new Phillie Mike Young took questions. Owner Bill Giles, CEO David Montgomery, general manager Ruben Amaro, Jr, manager Charlie Manuel were also on hand.<br /><br />The Phillie Phanatic is red for Red Week.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IsrZjKmXPDw/UVjIrAo1mhI/AAAAAAAACyw/Tl68PBDSGMY/s1600/DSCF1529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IsrZjKmXPDw/UVjIrAo1mhI/AAAAAAAACyw/Tl68PBDSGMY/s320/DSCF1529.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br />Ryan Howard said he is feeling "pretty good." To get ready for the season, he channeled Cal Ripken. He played for two weeks straight during spring training. While he was candid that he is slower, he thinks he has found a way to be more efficient.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx70Vp7378eRYbUM1m3n6mxu6OornJMzNqNSk516xRFSwmZJ6PtwgAqhT58Wit7QAghu0WHOwNhQKdo-FkcqQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br />A bearded Cole Hamels acknowledged it was a "tremendous honor to be selected opening day pitcher." At spring training, Cole's fastballs were averaging 92 mph. He is hoping with cheering from the fans that it will get up to 93 mph.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxQ-M4-5QDCTAiZJD82AFfIYA3rlALITgBpPNXerSIdDMiZEd2JHy9PjIm4d-wF27K4HahpIWgJbWhvlmQGbQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br /><br />Mike Young, who played in two World Series games as a Texas Ranger, made it clear that he wants to finally score a World Series ring. "Losing the World Series is tough," he said.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxxtv7yYEH-HJoRSlXpUs-vLR6TWF_QZETTKzJJ6sDBgPq0MDfe-KR-mMPnDDMMJr4UcKNiGBuLtF5ugMedEA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Hamels, who was first allowed to pitch at the age of 10, said, "There is nothing better than pitching a no hitter at Citizen's Bank Park.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyndt4n-wnhFO2-jJ8d_LXPoEPRLNRMFVleqcZqJtY5KUAnIcUphk9w9Z6KOr_fK5vGmQe-RKKcop-h959tEw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br />Howard was candid that it is hard to come back after a losing season.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3YcfOLrUmKuVO6WTPrqg4sy3sEtIBkvql0uiM3KY-rBmSPMv2OvrMDnr4DnRuzmrnjT555TBY-1cFWO8DrQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br /><br /><br />Both Howard and Young had good things to say about Phillies prospect Cody Asche. Hamels thought highly of pitching prospects Adam Morgan and Jonathan Pettibone.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxuNqzFucg_iTfGe9djRGn1s8ujjt4C_McRZzpgiYM21ltLAg488pg_PMYWp-TYfP3y94nvlnHO25Y73pPsng' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br />Hamels and Howard's two favorite players were Ken Griffey Jr, and Tony Gwynn. Howards also added Barry Bonds to the list. Young picked Don Mattingly.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9NywYgO1QM/UVjJGw1cfKI/AAAAAAAACzA/FGQ1mgLbslc/s1600/DSCF1530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S9NywYgO1QM/UVjJGw1cfKI/AAAAAAAACzA/FGQ1mgLbslc/s320/DSCF1530.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Owner Bill Giles, who said that ticket sales are down 10% this year, defended the price of Phillies tickets.<br />"They are cheaper than Sixers and Flyers tickets. People don't like the price they don't have to come."<br /><br />Forbes magazine recently named the Phillies Franchise the 5th most valuable franchise in major league Baseball. Giles does not think it is likely that the Phillies will move up higher in the rankings.<br /><br />"We were sold out three years in a row. But a lot of the value is determined by television rights. We can't compete with New York and Los Angeles," he explained.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vsxpb7u34PI/UVjJTtP6sxI/AAAAAAAACzI/IX7x0qfncuU/s1600/DSCF1531.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vsxpb7u34PI/UVjJTtP6sxI/AAAAAAAACzI/IX7x0qfncuU/s320/DSCF1531.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Montgomery, who is a part owner, does not care about the rankings at all.<br /><br />"I care about winning not the value of the franchise," he said,<br /><br />He explained how they pick between two players with equal stats.<br /><br />"If two players look the same on paper, then we choose the one with the better character. If they both have the same numbers and character, we go with the younger one. We bet on the future," Montgomery said.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9QFDh-BsVI/UVjJht-qMvI/AAAAAAAACzQ/-CBHj4EroU4/s1600/DSCF1519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9QFDh-BsVI/UVjJht-qMvI/AAAAAAAACzQ/-CBHj4EroU4/s320/DSCF1519.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span id="goog_1310765416"></span><span id="goog_1310765417"></span><br />Amaro assured that Delmon Young isn't an anti-Semite.<br /><br />'He's a good kid from a good family. He was drunk and did something stupid that got a lot of attention because he was a celebrity. He was trying to protect the pickpocket," he said..<br /><span id="goog_755308263"></span><span id="goog_755308264"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vnkd3Dt7MIQ/UVjKsXKpdQI/AAAAAAAACzc/4XnJXAtqlR0/s1600/DSCF1517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Vnkd3Dt7MIQ/UVjKsXKpdQI/AAAAAAAACzc/4XnJXAtqlR0/s320/DSCF1517.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LKcwcejY-44/UVjK6YS2IXI/AAAAAAAACzg/nuhGCpIG9ok/s1600/DSCF1520.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LKcwcejY-44/UVjK6YS2IXI/AAAAAAAACzg/nuhGCpIG9ok/s320/DSCF1520.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Cole Hamels was booed when he said that he had chosen&nbsp;Wichita&nbsp;State in his NCAA bracket.http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/03/phillies-opening-day-preview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-3457463895100839267Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:52:00 +00002013-03-26T09:52:29.746-07:00Angelica HustonKatharine McPheeNBCPhiladelphia Theatre CompanySeminarSmashSteven SpielbergTheresa RebeckRebeck Talks Candidly about "Smash" Firing<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k377ZZ2MJr8/UVHR1QZAvbI/AAAAAAAACxw/g-VULEO103s/s1600/DSCF1505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k377ZZ2MJr8/UVHR1QZAvbI/AAAAAAAACxw/g-VULEO103s/s320/DSCF1505.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“Seminar,” written by the creator of the television show “Smash” Teresa Rebeck, is running at the Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) until April 14. This is a return trip to PTC for Pulitzer Prize nominated Rebeck. Twenty years ago, she wrote her play “Spike Heels” as one of the first young playwrights in the PTC Mentorship Program.</span><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“Seminar” is a comedy about 4 aspiring writers that paid $5000 each to take a writing seminar given by a famous author. Each of the writers has different and surprising reactions to the true, but cruel criticism from their tortured teacher. Many of them, in rotating combinations, found comfort in each other’s arms. Several are forced to deal with the truth and find their true writing destiny.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright Rebeck considers “Seminar” one of her most “precious” plays because it is about the “desperate courage and hope of all writers.” She denies that the play is autobiographical, but admits to adding bits of her experiences and personality to several of the characters. Leonard, the writing teacher, is partially based on a sadistic Manhattan writing teacher.&nbsp;</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“Everyone thinks that I am Kate, the young feminist writer. I was a feminist, but not that militant. I have been a writing teacher. I was impatient but I just hope that I was not as cruel as Leonard. Like Matt, I was reluctant to show my work,” she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Rebeck, who won both a Peabody Award and Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for her work on NYPD Blue, believes this the golden age of storytelling because advancements in technology have lowered the cost of telling a story.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">She said, “You can now edit on your laptop. My friend made a movie for $15000 that was distributed nationwide,”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Rebeck encourages all aspiring writers to “create their own opportunity” by self –producing instead of submitting grant applications and facing possible rejection.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“I am not sure that art and corporate logic fit together,” she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Rebeck’s distaste for the studio system may stem from her very public firing as executive producer from “Smash.” &nbsp;Steven Spielberg recruited her to the show when he fell in love with her play, “The Understudy”.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“The show is good. Angelica Huston (who plays the tenacious producer) told me last week the show is not broken. It was going to hit its stride in the second season like “West Wing.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">She attributed her firing to “panicking by NBC executives” and “gender issues.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“There were 10 guys and me,” she said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Rebeck, who is one of the most successful women writers in the country, feels that she has hit the glass ceiling in the television&nbsp;industry&nbsp;. She points out that playwrights get to keep their own copyright while television and film writers get paid &nbsp;a lot of money but sell their copyright to the corporations.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>"Play writing&nbsp;is a&nbsp;collaborative&nbsp;horizontal process while television&nbsp;writing&nbsp;is a vertical process. Corporations stomp on you and your work and then steal it. Male writers have said to me that they do it to us also. But it is not the same thing. They have had one play on off Broadway while I have long of writing credits."</div><div><br /></div><div>Her creative differences with NBC resulted from their requests to have the characters on "Smash" do things that they or the actors would not do.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>"They wanted to make "Karen" the main character, mean. I said that she could get drunk or angry but would never be mean. They wanted Angelica Huston's character to do icky things which&nbsp;Angelica&nbsp;would never do. She is a lady."</div><br />http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/03/rebeck-talks-candidly-about-smash-firing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-6562848639746889207Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:33:00 +00002013-03-18T18:33:00.533-07:00ElMindAIsraelIsrael MuseumIsraeli innovationMinDesktopMobileyeNetanyahuObamaPhinergyReWalkrobot snakePreview Obama's Tour of Israeli CompaniesWhile you might not be&nbsp;accompanying&nbsp;President Obama on Air Force One to Israel, you can preview the special exhibit, "Israeli technology For A Better World" that Obama will see at the Israel Museum during his visit on March 21.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The companies included in the exhibit are:</div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.phinergy.com/">Phinergy</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DX5xxx55XmI/UUej4Jt89jI/AAAAAAAACww/ZQUHcwDa0vQ/s1600/Phinergy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DX5xxx55XmI/UUej4Jt89jI/AAAAAAAACww/ZQUHcwDa0vQ/s320/Phinergy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><div>Phinergy, whose slogan is "The Future Is In the Air," has designed a battery that is powered by aluminum and air. It has three times the range of existing batteries.&nbsp;</div></div><div><br />In this<span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zcxI0XdK8&amp;feature=youtu.be">video</a>, </span>you can see the car speeding down the highway.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mobileye.com/">Mobileye</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7_XDuSC5JNw/UUe7EQh4XqI/AAAAAAAACxg/GG9jbjl9OEc/s1600/Mobileye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7_XDuSC5JNw/UUe7EQh4XqI/AAAAAAAACxg/GG9jbjl9OEc/s1600/Mobileye.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Mobieleye programs prevents traffic collisions by detecting and loudly warning about dangerous situations such as other cars traveling too close, pedestrians, or the auto itself veering into the oncoming traffic lane. If the warning remains unheeded, the system is designed to brake the car if necessary. BMW, GM, Ford, and Volvo have already installed the system in 1 million cars. By 2014, Euro-NCAP will list it as a standard feature.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/z7eCSimWPTM?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><a href="http://rewalk.com/">ReWalk</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qoSwCjThEVY/UUeyqq_IiVI/AAAAAAAACxA/ZiFf-UA1pGM/s1600/Rewalk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qoSwCjThEVY/UUeyqq_IiVI/AAAAAAAACxA/ZiFf-UA1pGM/s320/Rewalk.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><br />The ReWalk exoskeleton suit with motorized legs allows&nbsp;paraplegics, such as Artie on "Glee,"&nbsp;to walk.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/gQRQs-N-ZIM?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br /><br />MinDesktop<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lhFgO89Rys/UUe6nEX2pCI/AAAAAAAACxY/3Aya0XUDMOY/s1600/MinDesktop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lhFgO89Rys/UUe6nEX2pCI/AAAAAAAACxY/3Aya0XUDMOY/s1600/MinDesktop.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />MinDesktop's headsets are controlled by brain waves or facial movements. Thus allowing the physically handicapped to operate a computer.<br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxGqSdGxAl9G6npGRUwFNFhR8FPvexryDEfWwtjJpAyISWf2-afFKsTeTXSsgEWIXB2UlSrXKTrc7Ja_xEapw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br />Robot Snake<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yoe_7W50CUg/UUe1WLr5_eI/AAAAAAAACxI/-GdSW0u64oo/s1600/robosnake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yoe_7W50CUg/UUe1WLr5_eI/AAAAAAAACxI/-GdSW0u64oo/s1600/robosnake.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />The snake robot special design, which includes computers sensors in every joint, allows it to enter collapsed buildings to gather intelligence for rescue crews. It assists in finding trapped persons and ways to safely enter the building.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/EtccNIoDBis?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.elminda.com/">ElMindA</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0QUyt4r6llE/UUe6TwprdYI/AAAAAAAACxQ/w307SC4uimA/s1600/ElMindA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0QUyt4r6llE/UUe6TwprdYI/AAAAAAAACxQ/w307SC4uimA/s320/ElMindA.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />ElMindA'S Brain Network Activation Platform allows scientists to measure many of the brain's activities noninvasively.<br /><br /><br /></div>http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/03/preview-obamas-tour-of-israeli-companies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246445617158835184.post-3096559996881714830Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:06:00 +00002013-03-18T14:29:18.297-07:00Atlantic Economy SummitBull By The HornsFDICinfrastructureJack LewPresident ObamaSheila BairThe AtlanticUS Treasury SecretaryBair Questions US Treasury Secretary Lew's AbilitiesFormer <a href="http://www.fdic.gov/">FDIC</a> Chairman Sheila Bair questioned new US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's ability to handle his job during a Q&amp;A at The Atlantic's <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://events.theatlantic.com/economy-summit/2013/" style="color: blue;">Economy Summit</a><span style="color: blue;">. </span>S</span>he initially lamented that Obama did not reach outside his inner cycle to fill the position.<br /><br />"The same voices are in the room. We have to get out of this rut," she complained.<br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzbMuShaVLWc_PejwD9WhYPcYLdAktdji8H8LsQWxK3LlWfQWHqLH9EVi6fVbFqnTQhYhqyh9vsbmtQYW1ZTA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br />Bair particularly did not like the choice of Jack Lew. She panned his overall intelligence by saying that "he is not a quick study". She is worried that Lew probably "will not take an assertive view of financial reform."<br /><br />Even more troubling, she does not believe that he can handle one of his key responsibilities as Treasury Secretary.<br /><br />Bair said, "As Treasury Secretary, he is chairman of the the<span style="color: blue;"> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/fsoc/Pages/home.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Financial Stability Oversight Council</span></a>.</span> </span>It is a key voice for financial reform. &nbsp;He does not have a background in that."<br /><br />An outspoken critic of administration, Bair continues to give the administration a low grade for their handling of the economy.<br /><br />"We are not getting more jobs and lending out of this. It is troubling."<br /><br />Bair, who wrote a vivid account of her time in office called "Bull by the Horns," made some interesting arguments for business to support more infrastructure spending.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzu634DtsCZf4kyZim2ZTn08mQ6tJpeiKS3rbnNMUnM6iFZQFwHiU936WRZ799IMNpKywQkjqiSIcv9BfwCHQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><br /><br />She argued, "With interest costs, construction costs so low, it is fiscally irresponsible not to embark on major&nbsp;infrastructure&nbsp;spending. It would lower the cost of doing business."<br /><br />She urged both sides to come together for a budget deal.<br /><br />"The fiscal uncertainty, what is happening in Washington, affects the economy," she said.<br /><br /><br /><br />http://nakedphiladelphian.blogspot.com/2013/03/bair-questions-us-treasury-secretary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Laura Goldman)0